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GTA: San Andreas to be Re-Released Next Week

Posted by samzenpus on from the now-suitable-for-children dept.

404Ender writes "According to GameStop and EB, the wildly successful Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will finally be re-released without the controversial "Hot Coffee" content and clean of anything that might demand an AO rating. Will this be the first game in a series of many to come that will be pulled off the market to be changed due to questionable content? How long before a Hot Coffee replacement mod is produced?"

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  1. GTA: Old England released by HugePedlar · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Warm Tea" mod. Controversy ensues.

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  2. So it'll be an empty box then... by laptop006 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Otherwise how will it be "clean of anything that might demand an AO rating"?

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  3. Maddox said it best... by Zone-MR · · Score: 4, Funny

    Read his page on the hot coffee mod...

    Thank God. I'll be the first person to download and patch my PC version of "Grand Theft Auto." I want to shoot people in the face, bang prostitutes, traffic drugs, steal cars, and terrorize police officers without this filthy smut in my game.

    1. Re:Maddox said it best... by FauxPasIII · · Score: 4, Funny

      > I want to shoot people in the face, bang prostitutes, traffic drugs, steal cars, and
      > terrorize police officers without this filthy smut in my game.

      -nod- Mass murder, destruction of property, robbery and prostitution are one thing (er... four), but showing
      C.J. having consensual sex with his girlfriend? Dear God, man, there are CHILDREN playing this game !

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    2. Re:Maddox said it best... by Total_Wimp · · Score: 4, Funny

      I just want to know where I can still get the origional. I've never cared about GTA before, but now that there's content that's forbiden, I must find a way to get it.

      Let me know when you find something. I'll be surfing for hot nude teens while waiting.

      TW

    3. Re:Maddox said it best... by FauxPasIII · · Score: 4, Insightful

      > I'm not sure if your comment was meant to be ironic

      Then you need to recalibrate your irony detector ;)

      > I know its an old argument, but stupid parents are the problem

      I agree with the sentiment, but in this case I think it's a societal uptightness about sex. I never cease to be
      astonished by the levels of tolerance people have for gore and violence, so much so I can barely sit through what
      qualifies for an R rating these days, but they have no tolerance whatsoever for the natural and wonderful act of
      sex. The fact that we see the truly astonishing level of violence we do on the same stations that flew completely
      off the handle when Janet Jackson's tit flopped out for a tenth of a second says something really dark and
      disturbing about our society's appetites.

      Now, I don't think we should censor ANY of this stuff, although I'm fully in favor of labelling and warning people
      so they can make educated choices, but if I had to choose between a sex scene and a guy getting lit on fire,
      it's not a tough decision. =)

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  4. This could lead to... by silasthehobbit · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Them then re-releasing the Hot Coffee version as a special adult-only don't-have-to-hack-the-code release (which I'm guessing some people would buy) and making MORE money from this. Which would be exactly the opposite that the original complainants were attempting to achieve, no?

    1. Re:This could lead to... by jcuervo · · Score: 5, Funny
      Have one version M, which is like its now and another version as AO with everything the designers ever wanted and thought was taboo.
      ...Replacing the chick with a goat?
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  5. Moot point? by Max+Romantschuk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Um, I don't know about you guys, but as I see it GTA is not something suitable for kids regardles off the amount of booty shown.

    Any game with that amount of violence should be adults only. It's funny as hell, but it really does demand a mature mind... IMHO anyways.

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  6. IN OTHER NEWS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This just in, Rockstar North pulled a "Speilberg" today by re-releasing their "GTA:San Andreas" game without any guns, sex, or even reckless driving available.

    First impressions of the game seem to be mixed, as you're only allowed to walk around town and wave to people.

    More news, as this develops.

    1. Re:IN OTHER NEWS by m4dm4n · · Score: 4, Funny

      First mission, making it through sunday church without falling asleep.

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  7. Double standards by Durzel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The crazy thing about GTA:SA is that speaks volumes about the differences in cultures between the US and other countries.

    For example, here in the UK, GTA:SA - and its predecessors - got an 18 rating straight off the bat. That's the highest rating ELSPA (The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association, equivalent to your ESRB/IEMA) gives to video games over here. I guess its functionally equivalent to your AO rating.

    Although I'm not an expert on classifications I'm sure it earnt its 18 rating here due to the strong content - extreme violence, grand theft auto, prostitution and so on. The fact that some time down the line a hidden pixellated simulated sex mode was unlocked was just icing on the cake - the game was already strictly limited to adults anyway.

    I am presuming therefore that your M (17+) rating is equivalent to our 15 rating, which presumably means you are quite happy for 15 year old American youths to play out scenes where they can mug people, shoot cops, steal cars, use the services of prostitutes and so forth - but God forbid they see some pixellated nudity and crudely simulated sexual acts.

    Will someone please think of the children! (and give them some guys to protect themselves while you're at it)

    1. Re:Double standards by ivan256 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I am presuming therefore that your M (17+) rating is equivalent to our 15 rating, which presumably means you are quite happy for 15 year old American youths to play out scenes where they can mug people, shoot cops, steal cars, use the services of prostitutes and so forth

      Yup. That "17+" clearly stated in there means 15 over on this side of the Atlantic. In fact we subtract two from all positive European integers.

    2. Re:Double standards by JesterXXV · · Score: 4, Funny
      ...your M (17+) rating is equivalent to our 15 rating...

      Man, I don't think I'll ever get used to the metric system.

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    3. Re:Double standards by lowrydr310 · · Score: 5, Interesting
      When the whole outrage broke out, I was in Target looking at video games and noticed a sign in place of the GTA:SA stock that read, "Due to mature content, Target will no longer carry Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"

      While I was reading it, I noticed some little kid buying the latest Fiddy Cent CD. Target stocks a ton of rap CDs, and doesn't restrict sales. I find it odd that a kid can't buy GTA because of some pixellated pr0n, but it's perfectly OK to buy a CD of someone rapping about sexual acts (in some cases violent sexual acts).

  8. The mod was laughable anyway by DrXym · · Score: 5, Interesting
    If anyone has seen the sex scene in "Team America" between puppets then you know what the "Hot Coffee" mod looks like. Except the mod doesn't even bother to make either participant naked. CJ keeps his clothes on, his girlfriend wears underwear. It's no wonder it was left out because it's pretty lame.

    It's laughable that religious nuts and publicity whores from both parties should seek to decry this tame, lame, disabled mod when the actual:

    • Glorifies gangs
    • Offers numerous ways to murder people including slashing their throats, setting them on fire, cutting them to bits with a chainsaw or just shooting them./li>
    • Murdering cops
    • Doing drive bys
    • Stealing cars
    • Robbing houses
    • Firebombing houses
    • Running people over
    • Pimping hookers
    • Blowing up vehicles including aircraft

    Personally I think GTA is a blast and GTA: SA is nothing short of a classic, but the hypocrisy concerning this mod is pathetic.

  9. Of course... by Snaller · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... killing and torturing people to death isn't questionable in the US, and so hasn't been removed?

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  10. Not the first game to be pulled by WebGangsta · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Will this be the first game in a series of many to come that will be pulled off the market to be changed due to questionable content?

    If you believe the marketing hype on The Guy Game's website, then there already has been a game pulled for questionable content.

    And by "questionable", I mean supposedly/allegedly containing video of a topless 17-year-old girl who had signed release papers allowing the video to be shot but who later came forward and sued Sony/MSFT/Guy Game for including the underage video in the game.

    I know I've still seen the game on store shelves this week, so I don't know the current status of this lawsuit or whether the game was pulled and released without her video included.

  11. Down with GTA! by Rogue+Jedi+X · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who needs this blasphemous piece of software, when you have nice wholesome games like Manhunt?